Roccadaspide

Roccadaspide was founded by some fellow rebels of Spartacus in 70 BC.
The origins of this town are, therefore, really ancient; as well as his name. It was once called “Casavetere di Capaccio” or “S. Nicola de Aspro” in the 10th century; in 1100 in some documents it was called “Rocca Proprio” witnessing the presence of a fortress or a tower inside the town.
The name of the town later became Rocca de Aspro (from the Greek "aspis", meaning “defense” or “shield”), then into Rocca de Aspris, Rocca delle Aspide and only in 1850 and definitively in Roccadaspide.
The history of the town took place all around the feudal castle, built in 1245 at the time of Frederick II, where the king often stayed.
The village experienced a flourishing period between the sixteenth and the first half of the seventeenth century, until the population was exterminated by the plague epidemic of 1656. The new road to Capaccio became the engine to a consistent development. Roccadaspide gained the important role of transit route in the hinterland of Cilento.
Territory of Roccadaspide is nowadays partially included in the territory of the National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano, with its beautiful chestnut woods. Along the banks of the river Calore the vegetation varies from the Mediterranean scrub to the reeds, thus creating truly fascinating landscapes.

Roccadaspide was founded by some fellow rebels of Spartacus in 70 BC.
The origins of this town are, therefore, really ancient; as well as his name. It was once called “Casavetere di Capaccio” or “S. Nicola de Aspro” in the 10th century; in 1100 in some documents it was called “Rocca Proprio” witnessing the presence of a fortress or a tower inside the town.
The name of the town later became Rocca de Aspro (from the Greek "aspis", meaning “defense” or “shield”), then into Rocca de Aspris, Rocca delle Aspide and only in 1850 and definitively in Roccadaspide.
The history of the town took place all around the feudal castle, built in 1245 at the time of Frederick II, where the king often stayed.
The village experienced a flourishing period between the sixteenth and the first half of the seventeenth century, until the population was exterminated by the plague epidemic of 1656. The new road to Capaccio became the engine to a consistent development. Roccadaspide gained the important role of transit route in the hinterland of Cilento.
Territory of Roccadaspide is nowadays partially included in the territory of the National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano, with its beautiful chestnut woods. Along the banks of the river Calore the vegetation varies from the Mediterranean scrub to the reeds, thus creating truly fascinating landscapes.